The room to which the narrator is confined is on the upper floors of the building, although she wanted [a room] on the lower floor that opened onto the square and had roses all over the window” (Gilman 308). However, the narrator's husband refused to move from this room, except to move to the cellar, another secluded area of ​​this mansion. John's need to isolate his wife in the upstairs room of the mansion or in the cellar demonstrates patriarchal society's repression of women, while his wife's desire to move the main living space represents her desire for freedom. This is because the main living area of ​​the house is located on the first floor, while the upper and lower floors are not part of this living space. In the story, Gilman uses the mansion to symbolize the patriarchal society, and the nursery room and the cellar represent areas isolated from the life and heart of society. This is important symbolism in “The Yellow Wallpaper” as it shows that women in a patriarchal society are pushed into these secluded areas, representing the repression and lack of freedom endured by women and in such